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The expansion and survival of the Norton tradition on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
Arctic anthropology • 19 (2) • Published In 1982 • Pages: 59-73
By: Shaw, Robert Dane.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study examines the evidence of the Norton culture in the delta region of the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers. Clark believes that the Norton culture is the first to appear in the region and represents a local adaptation to the netting of flightless birds. The successful subsistence strategy of net fishing marked the Norton culture, in general, and led to population growth and expansion of the tradition throughout Western Alaska, including the delta region. The author bases his argument on five excavations, one of which contained well-preserved organic remains frozen in the permafrost.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Annual cycle
- Processing of basic materials
- Cultural stratigraphy
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Norton
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert D. Shaw
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 72-73)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sf78000711
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Eskimos--Antiquities